Jori
Garrison trains dogs for Warrior Wolf Pack, which provides service animals for
disabled veterans. Four years ago, she was wrongly convicted of a crime--thanks
to her no-good ex- fiancé. Now she just wants to live her life in peace with
her beloved dogs. No men, no complications. But it's hard to play it cool when
a lethally hot male is on her tail--and the attraction is fierce, mutual, and
dangerous…

PRIMAL FORCE

Lauray
"Law" Batisse is a Military Police veteran who was wounded in
Afghanistan. Haunted by the loss of his K-9 partner in combat, he's reluctant
to accept a service dog named Samantha into his life. But once he meets her
trainer--the gorgeous Jori Garrison--he can't fight his primal instincts. And
neither can Jori. This sexy alpha male might be the only man strong enough to
unleash her desires. And when unseen enemies start hunting them down, he and
his new K-9 partner might be her only hope…to survive.

A veteran
author of romance and women's fiction, D.D. AYRESis new to Romantic Suspense. She
believes the lure of romance is always the human connection. Put that connection
in physical jeopardy, and we learn a bit more about who we really are.

With her K-9
Rescue series, D.D. hopes you will enjoy her sexy, suspenseful portrayals of
K-9 teams at their best. D.D. lives
in Texas with her husband and a soft-coated Wheaten terrier named Zoe.

D.D. & Chief Scot Silverri

THE DOG-GONE TRUTH

ANGI: How often to you get lost in a
story?

D.D.:Mine
or someone else’s? If it’s mine, all the
time. I tend to mine (dig) my stories, making discoveries on a daily
basis. Scary as heck but the way I
write.

Someone
else’s book? I’d like to say every time
I pick up a book. When I get lost in a book I know I have found a new must-read
author, or am reading one I already love.

ANGI: Benedict Cumberbatch or Chris Pine?

D.D.:Benedict.
A clever mind is sooo sexy. And Benedict has a sense of humor. Love it.

ANGI: Can you tell us about a real-life
hero you’ve met?

D.D.:I
have to give kudos to my K-9 expert, my go-to guy for all things K-9 and
police: Fort Worth Police Officer Brad Thompson. From 1996 to 2012, Officer Thompson worked in
the Special Operations/K9 Unit and was responsible for training and
deployment of patrol and narcotic detection K9s. He exemplifies a K-9
handler. He told me about losing his second
dog in a pursuit situation. His dog took
a bullet and saved his life. He took his
partner to the vets where he died in his arms.
Brad didn’t tell me – I researched it – that he, too, had been shot. He
wouldn’t go to hospital until he had done all he could for his K-9 partner. That’s bravery and loyalty.

Officer Brad Thompson and Ludo

ANGI: What’s your favorite meal?

D.D.:Anything
involving champagne and seafood.

ANGI: What’s your favorite cartoon
character?

D.D.:Old
school (40s) Daffy Duck. Modern: Simon’s Cat.

ANGI: What do you like about the hero of
your book?

D.D.:Law’s
got a lot of courage, but not in the ways we think of. He’s dealing with so many issues, all of them
stacked against him. Most of all, he
doesn’t think he deserves anything better until a Golden Doodle named Samantha
and her service dog trainer Jori show him that to need help, to need someone,
requires as much courage as going it alone.
He is a tough nut to crack. But
he’s so sexy, with a twist of sensitivity in bed, that it wasn’t hard to root
for him.

ANGI: Where do you read and how often?

D.D.:I
read daily. Often in bed at night. I find filling my head with other writer’s
words, especially if the stories are in a different genre, helps keep my
vocabulary fresh and ways of seeing the world evolving.

ANGI: What sound or noise do you love?

D.D.:Baby
gurgles. Genuine laughter.

ANGI: Would you rather be in a Fairy Tale
or Action Adventure?

D.D.:Romantic
Comedy?

ANGI: What’s your favorite rerun on
television?

D.D.:Big
Bang Theory. House.

ANGI: What’s your favorite movie of all
time?

D.D.:Casablanca: characters who understand what’s important, even if it costs them everything.

ANGI: Who’s your favorite villain?

D.D.:Denzel
Washington’s cop-gone-bad in “Training Days” and Heath Ledger’s Joker in “The
Dark Knight.” They were dangerous, sexy,
charming, and pushed the hero up against the wall of his beliefs. Then they
banged his head against it. I think the
difference between good and evil is what a person is willing to do to win, or
even avoid dying. Nothing stops a
villain.

Officer Brad Thompson and Ludo

ANGI: Hiking Boots or Dancing Heels?

D.D.: I like to dance!

ANGI: How is it working with hot guys and
sexy women all day?

D.D.:Exhausting
and exhilarating. Those people never
slow down. There are only complex people in my writing world. I’m always asking
my characters, why, why did you do that, say that, think that? Answering those
questions deepens them.

ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: What is your best dog story?

D.D.’s GOTTA
ANSWER: Personal
story. We had a Chow mix mutt named Chu
Chu from the time I was 13. Chows have a
reputation for being extremely loyal to family but not so friendly to anyone
else. That was Chu Chu. He was always very protective of my mother.
He didn’t like men because my dad had died before we got him and my brothers
were really young. He was still alive when I married and had my first child.

Theresa
was only 3 months old when I took her home to my mom’s in Arkansas to visit for
the first time. We were worried about
how Chu Chu would treat this new family member. He’d never been around babies before. He didn’t pay much attention to
the wiggly bundle until the second day when neighbors came to meet
Theresa. As soon as the first person
walked in the door Chu Chu came and lay down across my feet as I held her. As long as everyone kept their distance, he
dozed. But as soon as someone approached
to have a better look, Chu Chu stood up and blocked their path. This went on the entire time we were
visiting. Only my grandmother could get close. Chu Chu might not have been sure
of what Theresa was, but he’d decided she was family, and needed his protection. We were amazed and touched by his loyalty.

I’ve
since learned in researching professional K-9s that some dogs are so smart they
can learn and puzzle things out without being trained to a specific task. Dogs work hard at being aware of how to live
best with us often mystifying humans. And, Theresa didn’t even bring treats!

USA Today Bestseller Angi Morgan is an 11th generation Texan who plots ways to engage her readers with complex story lines, in actual Texas locations. She shares her research and photos on her daily blog: A Picture A Day.

That's true. When people are ask about their favorite book, many times people will mention a book from their childhood like the Black Beauty series or Old Yeller or Call of the Wild that often are about animals. I think children identify with these creatures because the animals, like them often, can't express themselves well though they feel things deeply

Ooh I like what I see! Have always had a dog in my life... the one that made a big impact on me growing up was my Misty... she was a mutt that we rescued from the pound. She was beaten as a puppy and was afraid of men... it took time for her to get used to my father, but she was the sweetest most beautiful dog I have ever had. greenshamrock at cox dot net

Chu Chu was a mutt. He adopted us. He'd been given to neighbors but he kept running away, back to his litter several blocks away. The owners were going to get rid of him, the runt, because he didn't even like them., But my brothers brought him home, and he stayed. Never ran away again.